stuiversroman
Dutch
editEtymology
editCompound of stuiver (“5-cent coin”) + -s- + roman (“novel”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editstuiversroman m (plural stuiversromans, diminutive stuiversromannetje n)
- A pulp novel, a cheap novel of inferior fiction, originally sold for five cents.
- De groot literator verwezenlijkte na zijn pensioen zijn jongensdroom om broodschrijver van stuiversromannetjes te worden.
- After his retirement the great litterateur realised his childhood dream of becoming a hack writer of short pulp novels.